The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 184

He had asked Swain to hurry back to the training facility and find Yohannes, but Swain had yet to return.

Maverick knew his own body, and he probably wouldn’t be able to hold on until Gwendolyn came home from dinner.

Is this really how I’m going to die?

He was unwilling to accept it, yet he was powerless to change it.

As of now, he did not even have the strength to write a farewell letter.

Earlier, that had been the first time Gwendolyn had hugged him since the divorce.

No, she wasn’t hugging me. She was only patting my head.

Charles was right. In the end, Gwendolyn saw Maverick as nothing more than a pet.

She no longer loved him.

As Maverick pondered on this, his consciousness gradually grew hazy, and there were black spots in his vision.

“Gwendolyn…”

I’ll give you my life, Gwendolyn, but can you give me your love in return?

Resigned to his fate, he closed his eyes and let his arms hang limply at his sides. He looked serene.

All was tranquil around him.

Apart from the curtains rustling in the breeze, the only other noise in the room was the sound of blood dripping from his fingertips onto the floor, one drop at a time.

In the car, Gwendolyn suddenly felt a sharp, intense pain in her heart.

She pressed a hand to her chest, her delicate face turning pale from the pain.

Charles noticed that something was off with her and quickly asked, “Gwen, what’s wrong? Are you unwell?”

He leaned forward, wanting to help her.

After taking a few deep breaths, she felt the pain

feel pain in my chest

heart-related illnesses, and the pain this time was inexplicably

I haven’t been sleeping well for the last couple of days. Anyway, it’ll all be over in a few

faint, icy gleam flashed

didn’t notice her darkened gaze and continued to

not listening to

and sickly Maverick had looked

acting strange

ask me all those odd questions, such as whether I’d remember him if he

dying patient who could not accept

Gwendolyn delved into her thoughts, the more uneasy she

by the wrist before she left

be

choice of

almost as if he had used the words “in the future”

furrowed brows, the overwhelming sense of weakness that he couldn’t hide, and the way he had said,

she shouted at

Gwen?” Charles

the car door. “Something urgent came up. I’m afraid I won’t be able to make it to the dinner tonight. Let’s do it another

“Gwen—”

cut off when Gwendolyn slammed the car door

taxis waiting by the roadside. After getting out of Charles’ car, she had no choice but to turn around and run

and Justin caught up to

did not move even after Gwendolyn left; it simply

frantically ran back to Bay Villa. At that

Gwendolyn had only just left Bay Villa when Nico once again confidently

Quinton emerged from the shadows when they saw

excitedly. “Nico, you won a whole month’s worth of salary from me the last time.

expression cold and serious. “I’m not

and the other two exchanged a confused

through the air, and the three men immediately felt a sharp pain in the back of their necks. In an instant, their eyes rolled back into

three motionless figures on the ground impassively. As it turned out, tranquilizing them was much quicker and more efficient

packed up his tranquilizer gun and stepped out from the shadows. “Nico, we can’t just leave them lying here, can we? Where should we hide them for the

on the ground, cupped his hands around his lips, and whistled a bird-like

minute, but there was still no sound or movement within the villa, nor was there any sign of Maverick coming to open

something was off. “Never mind.

be able to explain himself to Gwendolyn after this. In the end, he and Swain climbed the pipes behind the villa to get to the

to the second-floor bedroom only to find Maverick lying on the chaise lounge. The pool

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